This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/highstrangeness by /u/BenchDear4411 on 2025-06-05 23:11:11+00:00.

So let me preface this by saying I am somewhat of a paranormal enthusiast, with a healthy dose of skepticism. In all my years of reading other people’s stories I have yet to hear one like this brief, one off experience I had as a child that has stuck with me for over two decades.

I was probably 6 or 7, I don’t remember my exact age but I know I was somewhere around that, from the house it occurred in. I was lying in bed one night in my parents’ room - they had a tv and I didn’t, and I had crawled in bed with them to watch TV because I couldn’t sleep. It was probably 12 or 1am, and both of my parents had passed out but I had continued laying there watching tv. I was on the edge of the bed, and for some reason I remember rolling over and I happened to glance down at the floor.

There, I saw what appeared to be several small, black creatures, maybe 4 to 6 inches tall, completely pitch black, rotund and not humanoid in shape, but also appeared upright on 2 legs. They were scurrying across the bedroom floor, visible in the dim light from the tv across the room. As I remember they appeared to be interacting with one another.

I was fascinated initially but my fascination turned to terror pretty quickly and I was basically paralyzed with fear and scared to move. I laid there and watched them, I remember blinking furiously to make sure I wasn’t seeing things, completely transfixed until I guess I fell asleep.

I’ve never seen anything like this before or since. I feel absolutely insane writing this, and I know most likely I was just a kid seeing things, but man, they were clear as could be. I’ve always tried to bury the memory and tell myself it was a figment of my imagination but as I’ve got older I’ve definitely come to believe there’s more to reality than what meets our eye.

If you experienced something similar I’d LOVE to hear it. Or if you can wrack your brain for any explanation what this was, paranormal or not, I’d love to hear it too.